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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Abbott 'Bullying' Labor On Data Retention Laws, Says Ludlam

Bill 2014 was about “broad based surveillance” and should not be linked to previous tranches of national security legislation passed by the government last year.

The West Australian Senator has been at the fore of opposition to the bill, which opponents warn is unclear in its definition of what data will be available to security agencies, and counter-productive to effective intelligence gathering procedure.